Cough drops

Pajjiż: Ingilterra

Lingwa: Ingliż

Sors: MHRA (Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency)

Disponibbli minn:

Weleda (UK) Ltd

Kodiċi ATC:

n/a

Għamla farmaċewtika:

Oral drops

Rotta amministrattiva:

Oral (26643006)

Klassi:

No Controlled Drug Status

Tip ta 'preskrizzjoni:

Never Valid To Prescribe As A VMP

Sommarju tal-prodott:

BNF: 19020300; GTIN: 5013455070189

Fuljett ta 'informazzjoni

Information
Patient Information Leaflet
_Please turn over..._
Important things you need
to know
This product is used to relieve
chesty coughs, mucus coughs
and catarrh.
This product is suitable for
adults and children over 12
years.
Don't take this product if
you are allergic to any of the
ingredients: see section 6.
Before you take this product:
read section 2.
Dosage instructions: see
section 3.
Talk to your doctor if your
symptoms worsen or do not
improve within 7 days.
Side effects may occur: see
section 4.
Now read the rest of this leaflet
carefully. Keep this leaflet. You
may need to read it again.
1. What this product
is for
Bronchoforce is a traditional
herbal medicinal product used to
relieve:
Chesty coughs
Mucus coughs
Catarrh
This is based on traditional use only.
3. How to take this
product
Adults and children over 12
years: Take 20 drops in a little
water three to five times daily.
Not for use in children under 12.
For oral use only. Do not take more
than the recommended dose.
If you take too much
If you feel ill, talk to your
doctor.
Overdose of this product may
result in alcohol intoxication and
should be treated accordingly
(see section 2 You should also
know).
If you forget to take this
product
Don't worry about the missed
dose. Take the next dose as
usual.
Driving and using machines
This product contains alcohol
(see section 2 'You should also
know' for alcohol content).
2. Before you take
this product
Do not give this product to
children under 12.
Do not take this product:
If you are allergic to:
Ivy (_Hedera helix_). This
product contains ivy.
Thyme (_Thymus vulgaris_).
This product contains
thyme.
Liquorice (_Glycyrrhiza _
_glabra_). This product
contains liquorice root.
Any of the other
ingredients in this product.
(See section 6 Further
Information)
If you are taking any of the
following:
Another medicine which is
affected by alcohol
Another product
containing liquorice
Diuretics
Digoxin or other cardiac
glycosides
Corticosteroids
Stimulant laxatives
Medicines which may
affect your electrol

Karatteristiċi tal-prodott

SUMMARY OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS
1
NAME OF THE MEDICINAL PRODUCT
Bronchoforce Chesty Cough Ivy Complex oral drops
2
QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE COMPOSITION
1 ml of oral liquid contains:
376 mg of tincture from fresh ivy herb (_Hedera helix _L.)
(1:5.7-6.0). Extraction
solvent: Ethanol 51% V/V
329 mg of tincture from fresh aerial parts of thyme (_Thymus vulgaris_
L.) (1:8.0-8.2).
Extraction solvent: Ethanol 51% V/V
234 mg of tincture from liquorice root (_Glycyrrhiza glabra_ L.)
(1:10-11).
Extraction solvent: Ethanol 51% V/V.
1 ml is equivalent to 38 drops
1 ml of oral liquid contains approximately 403 mg ethanol (alcohol)
equivalent to
10.2 ml beer or 4.3 ml wine.
For a full list of excipients, see section 6.1.
3
PHARMACEUTICAL FORM
Oral drops, solution
It is a brown clear liquid.
4
CLINICAL PARTICULARS
4.1
THERAPEUTIC INDICATIONS
A traditional herbal medicinal product used for the relief of chesty
coughs, mucus
coughs and catarrh, based on traditional use only.
4.2
POSOLOGY AND METHOD OF ADMINISTRATION
Adults, the elderly and children over 12 years: Take 20 drops 3-5
times daily
The use is not recommended in children under 12 years of age (see 4.4
Special
warnings and precautions for use).
_Duration of use: _
If symptoms persist after 7 days a doctor or qualified healthcare
practitioner should
be consulted.
For oral use only
4.3
CONTRAINDICATIONS
Hypersensitivity to the active ingredients ivy, thyme or liquorice or
to any of the
excipients.
4.4
SPECIAL WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE
Do not exceed stated dose.
The use is not recommended in children under 12 years of age because
no data on
safety are available.
If symptoms worsen or persist for more than one week a doctor or
qualified
healthcare practitioner should be consulted.
If dyspnoea, fever or purulent sputum occurs, a doctor or qualified
healthcare
practitioner should be consulted.
Patients taking liquorice medication should not take other liquorice
containing
products as serious adverse events may occur such as hypokalemia,
hypertension,
cardiac rhyt